Cereals, primary — Yield in USSR
USSR: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,517 kg/ha in 1991. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in USSR, 1961–1991
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in USSR is 1,517 kg/ha, measured in 1991.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 24.6% on the previous year and up 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in USSR peaked at 2,012 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 781.1 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places USSR 155th out of 193 countries with data for 1991, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,080 kg/ha | 781.1 kg/ha | 1,300 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,442 kg/ha | 1,027 kg/ha | 1,732 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,521 kg/ha | 1,199 kg/ha | 1,794 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,765 kg/ha | 1,517 kg/ha | 2,012 kg/ha | 2 |
Countries ranked near USSR
- 152 Mauritania 1,537 kg/ha compare
- 153 Algeria 1,537 kg/ha compare
- 154 Kazakhstan 1,530 kg/ha
- 156 Cyprus 1,440 kg/ha compare
- 157 Sierra Leone 1,370 kg/ha compare
- 158 Benin 1,356 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for USSR
- Tomatoes — Yield 19,751 kg/ha (1991)
- Tomatoes — Production 6.91 million t (1991)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 350,000 ha (1991)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 105,000 ha (1991)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 217,496 t (1991)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested 3.17 million ha (1991)
- Vegetables Primary — Production 26.31 million t (1991)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield 15,809 kg/ha (1991)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested 1.66 million ha (1991)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production 65.93 million t (1991)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in USSR?
- Cereals, primary — yield in USSR was 1,517 kg/ha in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in USSR?
- The highest recorded value was 2,012 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in USSR?
- The lowest recorded value was 781.1 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does USSR rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- USSR ranks 155th out of 193 countries with data for 1991.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in USSR?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this USSR data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.